Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Beautiful Night
Another great evening on Monday--and now only one left!
Vicki Iorio started it off with a poem she wrote about her poetic spirit having been rekindled by our little program-- many thanks to her!
Corinne Zachary followed with insightful, well-crafted poetry;
Florence Gatto had the crowd laughing, with many nodding in recognition, as she read excerpts about growing up in an Italian household from her book "Scent of Jasmine";
Joan Marg was alternatingly touching and funny--a true delight;
and Yolanda Coulaz ended the evening with powerful. poignant pieces.
(More photos here)
This Monday, our last for the season, promises to be special. Monday, August 25, 2008 we feature:
Barbara Reiher-Meyers is a Long Island, New York poet, board member of the Long Island Poetry Collective. and the North Sea Poetry Scene. Barbara also curates a poetry calendar for www.poetz.com/longisland , has coordinated events for the Northport Arts Coalition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, and Walt Whitman Birthplace, among others. Her poetry has been published in print journals and on line. Barbara facilitates monthly workshops in Ronkonkoma, sends weekly Emails of local poetry events, and has edited several volumes of poetry . "Sounds Familiar" is the title of her first book of poems.
Barbara Hoffman is a widely published poet. Her poetry has been published in the Minnesota Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Blue Mesa Review, Gryphon, Poets On, Slipstream, Long Island Quarterly, Aura/Literary Arts Journal, Inkwell, The Long Islander, Ekphrasis, The Seventh Quarry (Wales), Out of Line, Margie, Fulva Flava, City of Sea and Light Anthology, Passaic County Community College Poetry Anthology 1989 and 1991, Each in Her Own Way, Fan, Sightings - Live Poets Society Anthology, The North Sea Poetry Scene Anthology 2005 and 2006, Performance Poets Association Anthology, Karamu, and Italian Americana.
In addition, Ms. Hoffman has had articles published in The New York Times and Newsday.
Her short fiction can be found in Catholic Girls, published by Penguin.
She was the subject of WLIW's Channel 21 show – Originals – Arts on Long Island series, and the subject of Riverhead Cablevision's Channel 27 show – Ideas and Images.
Ms. Hoffman has been awarded a Fellowship to Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, Virginia and a Fellowship to National Writing Project at SUNY Stony Brook. She was the winner of the American Pen Women award.
She has attended workshops with Galway Kinnell, June Jordan, William Stafford, Pattiann Rogers, Jorie Graham, Marvin Bell, Helen Cooper, Alfred Corn, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Ludwig.
Ms. Hoffman has been the featured poet at readings in New York City and throughout Long Island. (Bio courtesy of poetryvlog.com)
Barbara Southard grew up on a canal in Freeport, Long Island. She lived for several years in Woodstock, New York, then Corvallis, Oregon. Starting out as a painter and printmaker, her work evolved over the years into combining word and image on a Mac. Her poetry is a continuum of a life-long process. A number of her poems have been published in recent years in various journals and anthologies. She currently lives & writes in Miller Place, New York. (Bio courtesy of poetryvlog.com)
Karen Swenson's latest book, A PILGRIM INTO SILENCE, will be out this September. It includes sections on New York City, Tibet and Mother Teresa's home for the Dying Destitute in Calcutta. Swenson has gone to Asia for the last 27 years for 2 months of each year. She has been to Tibet 8 times and worked for a month at Mother Teresa's. She teaches at Barnard and NYU.
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/
Vicki Iorio started it off with a poem she wrote about her poetic spirit having been rekindled by our little program-- many thanks to her!
Corinne Zachary followed with insightful, well-crafted poetry;
Florence Gatto had the crowd laughing, with many nodding in recognition, as she read excerpts about growing up in an Italian household from her book "Scent of Jasmine";
Joan Marg was alternatingly touching and funny--a true delight;
This Monday, our last for the season, promises to be special. Monday, August 25, 2008 we feature:
Barbara Reiher-Meyers
Barbara Reiher-Meyers is a Long Island, New York poet, board member of the Long Island Poetry Collective. and the North Sea Poetry Scene. Barbara also curates a poetry calendar for www.poetz.com/longisland , has coordinated events for the Northport Arts Coalition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, and Walt Whitman Birthplace, among others. Her poetry has been published in print journals and on line. Barbara facilitates monthly workshops in Ronkonkoma, sends weekly Emails of local poetry events, and has edited several volumes of poetry . "Sounds Familiar" is the title of her first book of poems.
Barbara Hoffman
Barbara Hoffman is a widely published poet. Her poetry has been published in the Minnesota Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Blue Mesa Review, Gryphon, Poets On, Slipstream, Long Island Quarterly, Aura/Literary Arts Journal, Inkwell, The Long Islander, Ekphrasis, The Seventh Quarry (Wales), Out of Line, Margie, Fulva Flava, City of Sea and Light Anthology, Passaic County Community College Poetry Anthology 1989 and 1991, Each in Her Own Way, Fan, Sightings - Live Poets Society Anthology, The North Sea Poetry Scene Anthology 2005 and 2006, Performance Poets Association Anthology, Karamu, and Italian Americana.
In addition, Ms. Hoffman has had articles published in The New York Times and Newsday.
Her short fiction can be found in Catholic Girls, published by Penguin.
She was the subject of WLIW's Channel 21 show – Originals – Arts on Long Island series, and the subject of Riverhead Cablevision's Channel 27 show – Ideas and Images.
Ms. Hoffman has been awarded a Fellowship to Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, Virginia and a Fellowship to National Writing Project at SUNY Stony Brook. She was the winner of the American Pen Women award.
She has attended workshops with Galway Kinnell, June Jordan, William Stafford, Pattiann Rogers, Jorie Graham, Marvin Bell, Helen Cooper, Alfred Corn, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Ludwig.
Ms. Hoffman has been the featured poet at readings in New York City and throughout Long Island. (Bio courtesy of poetryvlog.com)
Barbara Southard
Barbara Southard grew up on a canal in Freeport, Long Island. She lived for several years in Woodstock, New York, then Corvallis, Oregon. Starting out as a painter and printmaker, her work evolved over the years into combining word and image on a Mac. Her poetry is a continuum of a life-long process. A number of her poems have been published in recent years in various journals and anthologies. She currently lives & writes in Miller Place, New York. (Bio courtesy of poetryvlog.com)
Karen Swenson
Karen Swenson's latest book, A PILGRIM INTO SILENCE, will be out this September. It includes sections on New York City, Tibet and Mother Teresa's home for the Dying Destitute in Calcutta. Swenson has gone to Asia for the last 27 years for 2 months of each year. She has been to Tibet 8 times and worked for a month at Mother Teresa's. She teaches at Barnard and NYU.
Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside NY. For more information, www.schoolhousegreen.org. or our new blog site http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Summer Gazebo Readings are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, in support of the Oceanside Education Foundation. The Gazebo Readings will be held each Monday evening in June, July and August, and will feature 4 readers each evening. Scheduled readers include some of Long Island's most prestigious poets, published authors, comedians, fiction and non-fiction writers, and local community members sharing some of their favorite literature. The Summer Gazebo Readings will be held outdoors; seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic table. The grounds are open, and the public is encouraged to come early and have a quiet summer's picnic on the grounds. Admission is free.
Sponsors include:
Home & Hearth Realty
Gunderson Family
Tower's Funeral Home
Oceanville Mason Supply
Westron's Light Bulb Warehouse
NY Municipal Credit Union
Childs Murphy Kuehn & Cesiro, Inc. Insurance
Dr. Aaron Rappaport, DDS & Dr. David Rappaport, DMD
Marsh Hawk Press
LI Pulse Magazine
Councilman Anthony J. Santino
M. Schamroth & Sons
E. Fine
C. Scarlata & Family
Kaufman Family
Doc's Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.
Village Book Shoppe
Bondi & Iovino, Attorneys at Law
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Long Island Writer's Guild
Many thanks to the Long Island Writer's Guild who supplied us with 7 first-rate poets and authors last Monday-- Shawn Patrick Cooke, Marilyn Goldsmith, Greg Lane, Ellen Lawrence, Ann Kenna, Ursula Nouza, & Ron Scott. Despite a very light drizzle (or as we say at Schoolhouse Green, a mist of liquid sunshine), the crowd had a wonderful evening, and was exposed to the great work of this fine organization. (see photos below)
This Monday, August 18th we will feature:
Yolanda Coulaz is a poet, photographer, editor, and founder of Purple Sage Press. She teaches poetry writing workshops to middle and high school students throughout Long Island and hosts the Farmingdale Library Poetry Series.
Yolanda edited and published the anthology For Loving Precious Beast to benefit Loving Touch Animal Rescue, and her first book of poetry Spirits and Oxygen is being used in an advanced course in poetry at SUNY Stony Brook.
Joan Marg, is a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and Assistant Registrar working 21 years at NYIT. Joan has been a great friend of the Gazebo Readings--a regular attendee and loyal supporter. She enjoys writing poetry and short stories and is a member of the Farmingdale Creative Writing Group, Farmingdale Poetry Group, Performance Poets Association, and The North Sea Poetry Scene.
Her poems have appeared in Gridlock, Poetyr, North Shore Women's Newspaper, Long Island Sounds 2007, PPA Literary Reviews #9 through 12, Friends of the Hempsted Plains Poetry Anthology, Long Island Expressions Autism Awareness Anthology, Gifts From Our Circle, and 2001: A Long Island Odyssey.
She was awarded honorable mention from Writer's Digest National Writing Contest in 2004 and 2006 and 2007 from the Princess Ronkonkoma Poetry Contest.
In her poetry, Joan explores beauty in the natural world and the complex interactions among human beings, expressing insights of new joy.
Florence is a retired NYC educator. Her short stories and essays have been published in LI Writer's Guild anthologies, Newsday and Cucina Classica Cookbook. She is a frequent audience member here at the Gazebo. She writes a column for the Order Sons of Italy in America newspaper "The Golden Lion". She studied in a Fulbright program in Perugia and in Siena with a NY state Teacher's grant.
She calls herself an "Italophile" and requires frequent trips to Italy to feed her psyche.
D. T. Bush, a writer of poetry and prose, is a member of the Long Island Writer's Guild. Her poems, essays and novel excerpts have been published in two of their anthologies, "Water Walking" and "2001; A Long Island Odyssey". She is also the creator, publisher, and editor of "Poetyr" magazine, a contest based magazine for and by Poets.
The author has enjoyed a successful book signing at the Book Revue and the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, New York for Anton's Place; a work of adult fiction. Other published works include two illustrated children's books, "Rebecca's Song" and "Grandma's Glasses".
Other works waiting publication or works in progress include "Bear Claw, The Moon of The Awakening", "Stars Above The Forrest Dark", "Necessary Lies" and "The Cirrana Women".
After far too many years working for others, including a brief stint as instructor for Continuing Education at Molloy College, this Long Island writer is now retired and devoted to writing, painting, traveling and working for and supporting poets by way of Poetyr Magazine's annual contests.
Corrine grew up on Long Island and now lives in Bayside after graduating from St. John's University with an M.A. in English. She recently became an associate editor at celebratewithstyle.com a website, media company, and soon to be magazine.
She has been writing poetry for about 7 years now, and had her first public reading at our Gazebo last year.
Upcoming Readers:
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/
This Monday, August 18th we will feature:
Yolanda Coulaz
Yolanda Coulaz is a poet, photographer, editor, and founder of Purple Sage Press. She teaches poetry writing workshops to middle and high school students throughout Long Island and hosts the Farmingdale Library Poetry Series.
Yolanda edited and published the anthology For Loving Precious Beast to benefit Loving Touch Animal Rescue, and her first book of poetry Spirits and Oxygen is being used in an advanced course in poetry at SUNY Stony Brook.
Joan Marg
Joan Marg, is a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and Assistant Registrar working 21 years at NYIT. Joan has been a great friend of the Gazebo Readings--a regular attendee and loyal supporter. She enjoys writing poetry and short stories and is a member of the Farmingdale Creative Writing Group, Farmingdale Poetry Group, Performance Poets Association, and The North Sea Poetry Scene.
Her poems have appeared in Gridlock, Poetyr, North Shore Women's Newspaper, Long Island Sounds 2007, PPA Literary Reviews #9 through 12, Friends of the Hempsted Plains Poetry Anthology, Long Island Expressions Autism Awareness Anthology, Gifts From Our Circle, and 2001: A Long Island Odyssey.
She was awarded honorable mention from Writer's Digest National Writing Contest in 2004 and 2006 and 2007 from the Princess Ronkonkoma Poetry Contest.
In her poetry, Joan explores beauty in the natural world and the complex interactions among human beings, expressing insights of new joy.
Florence Gatto
Florence is a retired NYC educator. Her short stories and essays have been published in LI Writer's Guild anthologies, Newsday and Cucina Classica Cookbook. She is a frequent audience member here at the Gazebo. She writes a column for the Order Sons of Italy in America newspaper "The Golden Lion". She studied in a Fulbright program in Perugia and in Siena with a NY state Teacher's grant.
She calls herself an "Italophile" and requires frequent trips to Italy to feed her psyche.
Doris Bush
D. T. Bush, a writer of poetry and prose, is a member of the Long Island Writer's Guild. Her poems, essays and novel excerpts have been published in two of their anthologies, "Water Walking" and "2001; A Long Island Odyssey". She is also the creator, publisher, and editor of "Poetyr" magazine, a contest based magazine for and by Poets.
The author has enjoyed a successful book signing at the Book Revue and the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, New York for Anton's Place; a work of adult fiction. Other published works include two illustrated children's books, "Rebecca's Song" and "Grandma's Glasses".
Other works waiting publication or works in progress include "Bear Claw, The Moon of The Awakening", "Stars Above The Forrest Dark", "Necessary Lies" and "The Cirrana Women".
After far too many years working for others, including a brief stint as instructor for Continuing Education at Molloy College, this Long Island writer is now retired and devoted to writing, painting, traveling and working for and supporting poets by way of Poetyr Magazine's annual contests.
Corinne Zachary
Corrine grew up on Long Island and now lives in Bayside after graduating from St. John's University with an M.A. in English. She recently became an associate editor at celebratewithstyle.com a website, media company, and soon to be magazine.
She has been writing poetry for about 7 years now, and had her first public reading at our Gazebo last year.
Upcoming Readers:
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside NY.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Summer Gazebo Readings are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, in support of the Oceanside Education Foundation. The Gazebo Readings will be held each Monday evening in June, July and August, and will feature 4 readers each evening. Scheduled readers include some of Long Island's most prestigious poets, published authors, comedians, fiction and non-fiction writers, and local community members sharing some of their favorite literature. The Summer Gazebo Readings will be held outdoors; seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic table. The grounds are open, and the public is encouraged to come early and have a quiet summer's picnic on the grounds. Admission is free.
Sponsors include:
Home & Hearth Realty
Gunderson Family
Tower's Funeral Home
Oceanville Mason Supply
Westron's Light Bulb Warehouse
NY Municipal Credit Union
Childs Murphy Kuehn & Cesiro, Inc. Insurance
Dr. Aaron Rappaport, DDS & Dr. David Rappaport, DMD
Marsh Hawk Press
LI Pulse Magazine
Councilman Anthony J. Santino
M. Schamroth & Sons
E. Fine
C. Scarlata & Family
Kaufman Family
Doc's Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.
Village Book Shoppe
Bondi & Iovino, Attorneys at Law
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Perfect Weather, Perfect Readings
How perfect was Monday night? The weather was the best of the year-- simply beautiful. The readings? Equally delightful.
Another large crowd was treated to four fine Readings. Paula Camacho led off with a touching tribute, then poetry with crowd-pleasing twists;
Sonya Russell, accompanied by Rob Gambel on alto sax, gave a unique reading-- powerful and entertaining;
Bruce Grossberg treated us to a poem which simply has to be illustrated and turned into a children's book;
and Teri Coyne, reading excerpts from her novel, had the crowd on the edge of their seat.
(Check out more photos below).
This week we turn our event over to the Long Island Writer's Guild. They have selected 7 of their members to read for us--altering our usual 10 minute-per-reader pattern to fit their members within our 40 minute format. It promises to be an eclectic, and electric, evening!
This Monday, the Long Island Writer's Guild provides us with:
Another large crowd was treated to four fine Readings. Paula Camacho led off with a touching tribute, then poetry with crowd-pleasing twists;
Sonya Russell, accompanied by Rob Gambel on alto sax, gave a unique reading-- powerful and entertaining;
and Teri Coyne, reading excerpts from her novel, had the crowd on the edge of their seat.
(Check out more photos below).
This week we turn our event over to the Long Island Writer's Guild. They have selected 7 of their members to read for us--altering our usual 10 minute-per-reader pattern to fit their members within our 40 minute format. It promises to be an eclectic, and electric, evening!
This Monday, the Long Island Writer's Guild provides us with:
Shawn Patrick Cooke
Shawn Patrick Cooke wrote his first book, in crayon, at the age of three. although thirteen out of sixteen pages were left blank, the remaining three did feature illustrations by the author. since then, Shawn has found more success with typing his stories. He has read at the Library of Congress, and has frequently placed in the Writers' Weekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest. He lives in Bohemia, NY which isn't nearly as iconoclastic as it sounds.
Marilyn Goldsmith
Marilyn Goldsmith, who now lives in Syossett, NY with her husband, formerly taught English at C.W.Post College. She is a member of the Long Island Writers' Guild and the Taproot Workshop where she finds inspiration and encouragement from fellow writers. her poems have been published in an anthology,"Songs of Seasoned Women". Performance Poets Association, Mobius, The Farmingdale Poetry Group, Kaleidoscope Magazine, and the Taproot Journal, which in addition to her poetry, has published her prose pieces.
Greg Lane
Greg Lane:retired from Untied Airlines in 2003 with 27 years of service. presently operates small custom furniture business and writes. He holds a BA from Washington College, Chestertown, MD, lives in Massapequa with his wife, Barbara and twin daughters, Jackie and Lauren who graduated American University, 2008. His writing began with what he refers to as "a primitive novel that should have prompted a prison sentence." Greg recently finished his fifth, which is currently being edited for possible publication. Greg has been a member of the LIWG for the last five years, along with a number of private workshops.
Ellen Lawrence
Ellen Lawrence was born in Switzerland to immigrant parents. She came to New York at an early age and now lives in Nassau County. A longtime animal welfare worker and a retired business owner, she wrote her first poem at the age of ten and has been writing ever since. She is a member of the Long Island Writers' Guild, and has written monthly poetry columns for local newsletters. Her work has appeared in many recent Taproot Journals and in the anthology"For Loving Precious Beasts". Many of her poems focus on her family and her pets. She has written short stories and children's picture books, and often writes about one of her favorite places, the beach. She is currently working on her memoirs.
Ann Kenna
Ann Kenna is a constant student, wife, and mother. She meditates and strives to live in the moment. She has worked for many years in Special Education. She conducts poetry workshops with fourth and fifth grade students and ends each school year by publishing a chapbook of their work and hosting a student poetry reading. Her work has appeared in on-line publications, the Long Island Sounds Anthology 2007 and 2008, Primal Sanities, Oberon Poetry Journal and the Meadowlark. She has been a featured reader for Performance Poets Association, Poets in Nassau, and the Asbestos Arts Group. She is a member of the North Sea Poetry Scene, The Long Island Writers' Guild, Long Island Poetry Collective, and the Farmingdale Poetry Group. She spends huge amounts of time trying to tame an unruly Golden Retriever named Charlie.
Ursula Nouza
Ursula Nouza was born and raised in Columbia, South America, where children are exposed to poetry at a young age in the home and at school. Her love for language began in early childhood and as a result she came to the U.S. in her sophomore year of high school to learn English, followed by four years of Interpreter School in Switzerland. After working as an interpreter and translator, she returned to college to embrace her first love:teaching. Ursula has taught Spanish in elementary, middle, and high schools, and currently at the college level. For the last five years, inspired by the LI Writers Guild, she has been writing poetry of her own, and two books.
Ron Scott
Ron Scott is a native of Brooklyn, NY who migrated to Long Island, via Queens, and a tour in the United States Army. He admits to alumni status from Syracuse University and New York Institute of Technology; both of which served as his foundation for a career in accounting. Ron is an avid sportsman,dedicated to the preservation of outdoor life in all capacities. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he credits his military experience for his introduction to the trials and rewards of the writer's life. Collectively, his work is meant to arouse the pensive and celebrate a sense of humor. Ron takes particular pride in offering material readers can identify with from their own experiences.
Upcoming Readers:
August 18 Yolanda Coulaz- The Reverend Mofo Doris Bush Florence Gatto Joan Marg
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside NY.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Summer Gazebo Readings are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, in support of the Oceanside Education Foundation. The Gazebo Readings will be held each Monday evening in June, July and August, and will feature 4 readers each evening. Scheduled readers include some of Long Island's most prestigious poets, published authors, comedians, fiction and non-fiction writers, and local community members sharing some of their favorite literature. The Summer Gazebo Readings will be held outdoors; seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic table. The grounds are open, and the public is encouraged to come early and have a quiet summer's picnic on the grounds.
Admission is free.
Admission is free.
Sponsors include:
Home & Hearth Realty
Gunderson Family
Tower's Funeral Home
Oceanville Mason Supply
Westron's Light Bulb Warehouse
NY Municipal Credit Union
Childs Murphy Kuehn & Cesiro, Inc. Insurance
Dr. Aaron Rappaport, DDS & Dr. David Rappaport, DMD
Marsh Hawk Press
LI Pulse Magazine
Councilman Anthony J. Santino
M. Schamroth & Sons
E. Fine
C. Scarlata & Family
Kaufman Family
Doc's Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.
Bondi & Iovino, Attorneys at Law
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Around this time of year, being of somewhat limited literary talent, I start running out of adjectives to describe how wonderful our Monday evenings are. Let me just say that the weather was exquisite, and the Readers were wonderful.
Joan Dupre, a late fill-in (life happens, even to our Readers!) was fantastic! She was warm, and funny and set a great tone for the evening.
Christine Timm was equally delightful-- she had the audience totally in her sway--one moment laughing, the next emotional. Her "tattoo" slam poem at the end of her set was masterful.
J R (Judy) Turek, our good friend, pitched in with a beautiful, and educational, poem centering on Long Island, and its heritage, as it applies to her garden;
and Clive Young alternatingly brought the crowd to chuckles and grimaces, as he read a very powerful, perfectly crafted short story.
(See more photos here)
This Monday, we feature some more great talent--two old friends and three new-to-us Readers:
Teri has studied novel writing at the Iowa Summer Writers Workshop, memoir with Frank McCourt at the Southampton Summer Writer's Program, fiction with Masha Hamilton at the Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City and poetry with Philip Shultz at NYU.
Teri's debut novel Skin and Bones will be published by Ballantine in July of next year. Teri has also written a memoir entitled Wish You Were Here about her family trips she took as a young girl. She is currently at work on her second novel Grace and Heart.
Teri leads a technical writing and training team at a large global law firm. She divides her time between New York City and the North Fork of Long Island.
For more information on Teri visit her website at www.tericoyne.com.
Bruce Grossberg is happy to be returning to the Gazebo. He is the author of two plays on Ulysses Grant, and is currently working on a third. Bruce has also written a number of shorter works, including Shakespeare In The Park, which has been seen at the Samuel French One-Act Festival, and other plays which have been performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Texas. He blogs occasionally at www.bafterthefact.blogspot.com. Sometimes television actor, sometimes lawyer, Bruce lives in Forest Hills with his wife, the artist Laura Rovinsky, and their daughter, Sofia.
Susan Deacon
Upcoming Readers:
August 11 Long Island Writer's Guild
August 18 Yolanda Coulaz- The Reverend Mofo Doris Bush Florence Gatto
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/
Joan Dupre, a late fill-in (life happens, even to our Readers!) was fantastic! She was warm, and funny and set a great tone for the evening.
Christine Timm was equally delightful-- she had the audience totally in her sway--one moment laughing, the next emotional. Her "tattoo" slam poem at the end of her set was masterful.
J R (Judy) Turek, our good friend, pitched in with a beautiful, and educational, poem centering on Long Island, and its heritage, as it applies to her garden;
and Clive Young alternatingly brought the crowd to chuckles and grimaces, as he read a very powerful, perfectly crafted short story.
(See more photos here)
This Monday, we feature some more great talent--two old friends and three new-to-us Readers:
Paula Camacho
Paula Camacho moderates the Farmingdale Poetry Group, which meets at 7 PM on alternate Weds. from September to June at the Farmingdale Public Library. Her poems have won awards and have been published in several magazines and anthologies, including Writers' Journal, Lucidity, Farmingdale Observer, Newsday, North Shore Woman's Newsletter and the anthologies of Performance Poet's Association Literary Review, Long Island Quarterly, Long Island Expressions, Dream, For Loving Precious Beasts, Long Island Sounds: 2007, Friends of the Hempstead Plains, Songs of Seasoned Women and the Farmingdale Poetry Chapbook. She was chairperson on the Committee to Establish the Nassau County Poet Laureate law and was a panelist on the Nassau County Poet Laureate Panel. Currently she is working as the coordinator of Maxwell Wheat's Nassau County Poet Laureate Committee. She is a panelist for Nassau Grants for the Arts. She has published Hidden Between Branches, and two chapbooks, The Short Lives Of Giants, and November's Diary.Teri Coyne
Teri holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University. Before turning to fiction, Teri wrote and performed stand-up comedy in clubs around New York City for many years. She has written several short films which were produced through NYU.Teri has studied novel writing at the Iowa Summer Writers Workshop, memoir with Frank McCourt at the Southampton Summer Writer's Program, fiction with Masha Hamilton at the Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City and poetry with Philip Shultz at NYU.
Teri's debut novel Skin and Bones will be published by Ballantine in July of next year. Teri has also written a memoir entitled Wish You Were Here about her family trips she took as a young girl. She is currently at work on her second novel Grace and Heart.
Teri leads a technical writing and training team at a large global law firm. She divides her time between New York City and the North Fork of Long Island.
For more information on Teri visit her website at www.tericoyne.com.
Bruce Grossberg
Bruce Grossberg is happy to be returning to the Gazebo. He is the author of two plays on Ulysses Grant, and is currently working on a third. Bruce has also written a number of shorter works, including Shakespeare In The Park, which has been seen at the Samuel French One-Act Festival, and other plays which have been performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Texas. He blogs occasionally at www.bafterthefact.blogspot.com
Sonia Russell
Sonia Russell is an author, publisher, poet, and orator from Long Island, NY. Her first novel, "The Cost of Love," debuted in September 2007 under the pseudonym of LeRoia. This novel, which is the first of a series, as well as the first publishing effort of her company SoniSpeaksVolumes Publishing, LLC, has sparked book clubs, book signings, and table talk book signings in several cities. Sonia (LeRoia) was the featured author at Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Women's Month "Meet the Author" in Jamaica, New York in March of this year. She was also featured at Hue-man Bookstore in Harlem, on a panel of five authors called "First Voices," where she discussed "The Cost of Love," in April. Sonia recently obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and endeavors to teach creative writing. Sonia's readings at the Gazebo this year will focus on Love, the theme surrounding her book and recently inspired poetry.Susan Deacon
Upcoming Readers:
August 11 Long Island Writer's Guild
August 18 Yolanda Coulaz- The Reverend Mofo Doris Bush Florence Gatto
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside NY. For more information, www.schoolhousegreen.org. or our new blog site http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Summer Gazebo Readings are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, in support of the Oceanside Education Foundation. The Gazebo Readings will be held each Monday evening in June, July and August, and will feature 4 readers each evening. Scheduled readers include some of Long Island's most prestigious poets, published authors, comedians, fiction and non-fiction writers, and local community members sharing some of their favorite literature. The Summer Gazebo Readings will be held outdoors; seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic table. The grounds are open, and the public is encouraged to come early and have a quiet summer's picnic on the grounds. Admission is free.
Sponsors include:
Home & Hearth Realty
Tower's Funeral Home
Oceanville Mason Supply
Westron's Light Bulb Warehouse
NY Municipal Credit Union
Childs Murphy Kuehn & Cesiro, Inc. Insurance
Dr. Aaron Rappaport, DDS & Dr. David Rappaport, DMD
Marsh Hawk Press
LI Pulse Magazine
Councilman Anthony J. Santino
M. Schamroth & Sons
E. Fine
C. Scarlata & Family
Kaufman Family
Doc's Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.
Bondi & Iovino, Attorneys at Law
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Perfect
Perfect weather. Perhaps our largest crowd. 5 incredible Readers. Another typical summer evening at the Gazebo!
Jack Anderson led off with funny, thoughtful (and poignant) poetry;
Geri Lipshultz followed with interesting, well-crafted story-poems;
Richard Vetere brought power and life to his works, enthralling the crowd;
Tony Policano was warm and engaging;
and finally we were treated to J R (Judy) Turek who was masterful--funny, touching, insightful-- simply a delight!
Jack Anderson led off with funny, thoughtful (and poignant) poetry;
Geri Lipshultz followed with interesting, well-crafted story-poems;
Richard Vetere brought power and life to his works, enthralling the crowd;
Tony Policano was warm and engaging;
and finally we were treated to J R (Judy) Turek who was masterful--funny, touching, insightful-- simply a delight!
(Check below for more photos)
This Monday, July 28, 2008 we feature:
Christine Timm
Christine Timm is a NYC performance poet. She produces and co-hosts the NYC College Slam, Love Poetry Hate Racism events, and the Bowery Kids entertainment series at the Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan and co-produces and co-hosts the Smalls Lit Series at Smalls Jazz Club in the West Village. Her most recent publications can be found in Polarity, Arabesques Review, and The Long Island Quarterly. She has a collection of poetry forthcoming on Small Books Press. She has a Ph.D. in English Lit from the Graduate Center at City University of New York with dissertation on the Beats and spoken word. She is Associate Professor of English at Westchester Community College where she teaches modern American poetry, creative writing, and composition.
www.myspace.com/christine_timm
www.myspace.com/christine_timm
Lee Kostrinsky
Lee Kostrinsky is a writer and musician. His first book of fiction "Here Nor There" was published in 2001 and his first book of poetry "Why Pat Cooks" was just recently published this year on the new Smalls Books. Lee is also the co-owner of the legendary Smalls Jazz Club in New York City.
Clive Young
Clive Young is an author and lecturer covering the crossroads between high technology and popular culture. He is the author of Crank It Up [Backbeat Books, 2004], which profiles the world's top rock concert roadies, exploring how they make the biggest acts in the world sound great, night after night. The book received strong reviews from mainstream magazines like Billboard and Hit Parader, as well as specialist press. He is now racing to finish this next book, Homemade Hollywood, a history of amateur filmmaking, which will be published in 2008 by Continuum Books.
He has covered the music industry as both the senior and web editors of Pro Sound News and has also written for MTV, VH1, American Songwriter, Music Business International, Wine Enthusiast and many other outlets. His comedy screenplay, Worst Case Scenario, recently won Script Magazine's national competition.
When not tapping away on the keyboard, he often lectures at libraries around Long Island, discussing the histories of movie special effects, music videos and more; he will present programs on these topics at more than 20 libraries across Long Island this summer. For more information, visit his website at www.cliveyoung.com.
He has covered the music industry as both the senior and web editors of Pro Sound News and has also written for MTV, VH1, American Songwriter, Music Business International, Wine Enthusiast and many other outlets. His comedy screenplay, Worst Case Scenario, recently won Script Magazine's national competition.
When not tapping away on the keyboard, he often lectures at libraries around Long Island, discussing the histories of movie special effects, music videos and more; he will present programs on these topics at more than 20 libraries across Long Island this summer. For more information, visit his website at www.cliveyoung.com.
Upcoming Readers:
August 4 Teri Coyne Bruce Grossberg Paula Comacho Susan Deacon Sonia L. Russell
August 11 Long Island Writer's Guild
August 18 Yolanda Coulaz- The Reverend Mofo Doris Bush Florence Gatto
August 25 Barbara Hoffman Barbara Reiher-Meyers Barbara Southard Karen Swenson
Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside NY. For more information, www.schoolhousegreen.org. or our new blog site http://summergazeboreadings.
The Readings start at 7pm at Schoolhouse Green, located on Foxhurst Road, just east of Long Beach Road.
The Summer Gazebo Readings are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, in support of the Oceanside Education Foundation. The Gazebo Readings will be held each Monday evening in June, July and August, and will feature 4 readers each evening. Scheduled readers include some of Long Island's most prestigious poets, published authors, comedians, fiction and non-fiction writers, and local community members sharing some of their favorite literature. The Summer Gazebo Readings will be held outdoors; seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic table. The grounds are open, and the public is encouraged to come early and have a quiet summer's picnic on the grounds. Admission is free.
Sponsors include:
Home & Hearth Realty
Tower's Funeral Home
Oceanville Mason Supply
Westron's Light Bulb Warehouse
NY Municipal Credit Union
Childs Murphy Kuehn & Cesiro, Inc. Insurance
Dr. Aaron Rappaport, DDS & Dr. David Rappaport, DMD
Marsh Hawk Press
LI Pulse Magazine
Councilman Anthony J. Santino
M. Schamroth & Sons
E. Fine
C. Scarlata & Family
Kaufman Family
Doc's Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.
Bondi & Iovino, Attorneys at Law
For more information:
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
H 516 763-1667
C 516 459-3262
W 516 741-8585
www.schoolhousegreen.org
http://summergazeboreadings.
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